Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and my thanks to all of the witnesses for their presence with us today.
It's important for us to hear and receive your evidence about what works and what doesn't. At the end of the day, we hope our study will be able to collate your evidence and enable the government to proceed on the basis of that evidence, in an evidence-based way.
I'd like to begin with some questions for Mr. Bates. You mentioned the lake stewardship program. I would expect there are other stewardship programs and voluntary conservation efforts that you partner in. Is that correct?